While Kael and Mia were battling Thomas and Isolde, Victor was handling Garrick and Edwin.
"I guess I don't have to worry about them, so let's focus on these two," Victor thought.
__________________**[Gate]**
________**[Isolde & Thomas]**
__________**[Mia & Kael]**
"They're doing well in their fight," Victor observed as he constantly evaded the continuous attacks from Edwin and Garrick. "One sword isn't enough for them." Victor pushed them back and summoned his secret weapon.
"Summon: Sun Sword," he called. A bright, curved sword made of some unknown material with red edges appeared in Victor's hands. "Let's do this, boys," he said, his tone serious.
Edwin and Garrick paused for a second after seeing the legendary Sun Sword, one of the few of its kind.
"So, that's the legendary sword," Garrick thought.
Victor rushed towards Edwin and Garrick. "Sun Style: Blaze Form," he shouted, and both swords became engulfed in blue flames.
"Dodge it!" Garrick shouted urgently to Edwin, but as he was still speaking, Victor was already right in front of them.
"Move... my stupid body," Edwin muttered as he saw Victor up close.
As Victor struck, a small-scale explosion was created.
Victor landed perfectly, while Edwin and Garrick suffered some damage.
"(Coughs...) If I hadn't blocked that, it could have caused some serious damage..." Garrick thought.
**[Victor's POV, just before attacking]**
Garrick pulled his hand back slightly to activate the mechanism of his blade, which was reinforced around his hand. "Oh... So he has some skills to survive," Victor noted, not planning to stop. "It's impossible to stop it, just survive.(thought Garrick)"
"(Garrick, are you fine?)" asked Edwin.
"I'm good," Garrick stammered, trembling, "but think of something, or else you're as good as dead!"
Victor noticed their expressions. "I see. Lack of teamwork, lack of confidence in teammates can be fatal," he thought.
"Let's take a break from this fight for a moment and examine two things: (i) Blood Art, (ii) Swords."
**[Blood Art]**
Blood Art is a sacrificial technique where a user can generate additional power in exchange for blood. It's one of the supreme techniques and can't be used without a strong will to live. The more blood you sacrifice, the more powerful you become.
Victor used a technique called 'Blood Eye Detect,' which allows the user to see at longer distances with precision, slowing time by one-third or, at an advanced level, allowing the user to see a part of the future for 0.2 seconds at the cost of the user's eye health. This technique also enables the user to sense the magic power of things or people.
Thomas used the Blood Moon Style Sword, an ultimate Ancient-level technique. This technique requires the user to constantly sacrifice blood to a blood beast, which in return offers various known techniques. Depending on the amount of blood sacrificed, the user's stats can increase.
Blood Beast Summoning is the most terrifying of these techniques. It forces the blood beast to take a supreme form of a normal animal, with its size and power depending on the amount of blood and the number of animals sacrificed. The necessary conditions are acceptance by the blood beast and a large amount of blood.
But you might ask, how can a human survive this when they have limited blood? The answer is that there are many ways to do it, but that's a topic for another time. The questions will be answered in Kael's second stage arc. Also, only I have the right to break the fourth wall.
For now, this explanation should clarify some things.
**[Swords]**
There are three types of swords: 1 Arrow, 2 Arrow, and 3 Arrow. Arrows represent rank; the more arrows a sword has, the more powerful it is. The sword Victor used was the Sun Sword, which falls under the White Sword category—a 3 Arrow sword and also the most powerful one. This type of sword harnesses the power of the sun. Next is the Night Sword, which falls under the Black Sword category—a 2 Arrow sword. The rank of the sword also determines what techniques can be used with it. There are many 2 Arrow and 3 Arrow swords. All other swords, except for 2 Arrow and 3 Arrow swords, are 1 Arrow swords. Kael also uses a 1 Arrow sword.